New migrants emergency - 28 rescued, many corpses found as boat with 700 capsizes
Twenty-eight migrants have been rescued but hundreds are feared dead after a boat carrying as many as 700 migrants capsized last night.
The incident happened in an area just off Libyan waters, 120 miles south of Lampedusa.
The emergency was declared at about midnight when the migrants are believed to have moved to one side of the boat, capsizing it, when a merchant ship approached.
The incident bears similarities to another case last week when some 400 migrants are believed to have perished Only some 150 were rescued.
A number of bodies were washed ashore in Libya.
Source: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150419/local/new-migrants-emergency-28-rescued-many-corpses-found-as-boat-with-700.564511
Twenty-eight migrants have been rescued but hundreds are feared dead after a boat carrying as many as 700 migrants capsized last night.
The incident happened in an area just off Libyan waters, 120 miles south of Lampedusa.
The emergency was declared at about midnight when the migrants are believed to have moved to one side of the boat, capsizing it, when a merchant ship approached.
The incident bears similarities to another case last week when some 400 migrants are believed to have perished Only some 150 were rescued.
A number of bodies were washed ashore in Libya.
Source: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150419/local/new-migrants-emergency-28-rescued-many-corpses-found-as-boat-with-700.564511
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